franchise but stunt doubles were used. don't worry, the queen was not parachuting in herself. now onto the biggest competition at the olympics today, michael phelps hoping to be the first male swimmer to win the same individual event at three consecutive olympics. he is competing against another member of team usa, ryan lochte. they're going for the gold in the 400 individual medley. piers morgan spoke with fepds last month about representing the usa. >> i think to be for me to be an american is one of the greatest things in the world, for me just because i have been able to grow up with everything, the freedom, the greatest country in the world, and throughout my career i have been able to travel

overseas and to represent my country the best way that i could and being able to wear the stars and stripes when you step on the blocks, you know, when you step off an airplane or hear the national anthem play, it is one of the greatest feelings in the world because you know that there are people at home who are supporting you and watching you. >> let's take you over to london's olympic park where amanda davies is joining us live. amanda, michael phelps barely pulling it off this morning, barely winning his heat. >> reporter: we couldn't have predicted it at all, could we? it really was an incredible scene at the aquatics center behind me. the photos of michael phelps that have been taken at the end of his race, i posted one on my twitter site. his face is one just of complete incredulitie. he couldn't comprehend what happened.

he didn't go to the opening ceremony and decided to rest up and maybe he should have gone along. he was in one of the slower heats for the 400 meters individual medley which meant although he won the heat, he scraped through to the evening final by just .07 seconds. he is the eighth qualifier out of eight for the final. it will be interesting in terms of the lane selection. he will be on the outside, so not next to his big rival ryan lochte. as you said, his teammates, lochte cruised through his heat, so he will feel he has the advantage. this is a rivalry we have been talking about for kind of eight years now, isn't it? it has all come down to this, the london olympic games because phelps has said that it will be his final competition and he is going to retire and obviously looking to break the all time medal record, 14 goals to his name so far.

he was beaten by lochte in the usa trials, but said that was the kick up, his back side that he needed to really motivate him to the james. people suggesting he is picking the races to peak here in london. it didn't quite go to plan first thing. the final is about six and a half hours away, though, so he has a little time to prepare himself for that one. >> we'll see. let me ask you about the new video we're getting in, the queen touring olympic park this morning. is she actually going to attend some of the competition? >> reporter: yeah. we think the queen will be attending. she was at the opening ceremony yesterday. she is having a tour of the olympic park today. we were thinking maybe she got a little inspired by her role in the opening ceremony, maybe discovered a bit of a love for the high life because she has gone up the tallest structure in britain today, up the orbit which is the kind of

helterskeltee construction and was given a tour by the mayor and it is actually a really fabulous day today. it is the first day of full activity here at the olympic park, so as i can look across the park, there is people milling around everywhere, not just us media who are allowed in today. it really is the first day of the games in earnest and people are embracing it. >> amanda davies, thank you very much. i can feel the excitement here. it is a heated battle over same sex marriage playing out at a fast food chain. >> what do we want? >> equal rights. >> when do we want it? >> now. >> we'll tell you why some cities want to give this restaurant the boot. most efficient line of luxury hybrids on the road, including the all-new esh. ♪ while many automakers are just beginning to dabble with the idea of hybrid technology... ♪ ...it's already ingrained in our dna.

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a doctor/patient privilege so it should not become evidence and should come to them and not become part of the investigation. what's going on in this court of back story here is that there is a gag order, so no law enforcement people from the university are supposed to talk to media. as you noted, there have been all of these media reports about what supposedly is in this notebook. the defense has said, look, there is all of these leaks. we need this stuff right away. the d.a.'s office has come back and said the leaks are inaccurate and there may not be any sources leaking it and your certification that the leaks should give you the privilege of having this don't stand. the judge said talk about it monday. we'll have a hearing on long with all the other stuff we have to do monday. it is definitely getting heated here between these two sides and we are able to learn a little more about the case because of these filings that have gone on this week. i think there will be a lot more of this in the coming weeks. >> and monday a busy day in court, the charges will be filed

as well? >> reporter: yeah. we have to keep in mind they haven't charged him with anything yet and in the documents they say they will go for 12 counts of first degree murder and many more of attempted first degree murder and other charges and we'll also hear about whether the defense will get this notebook and media people, media organizations including cnn will argue that they should stop sealing all the documents in this case and occupy up more information about the case. it will be a busy day monday. >> jim spelman with the latest. thank you very much. despite the tragedy that left many wondering why we are reminded about the strength of the human spirit reflected so poignantly in the miracle that is emerged and here are some that caught my attention while covering this shooting in colorado. in a community draped in sadness, there are tiny miracles being borne every day, like baby hugo born to katie and caleb medley just after 7 a.m. tuesday morning. katie and caleb are high school

sweethearts. they knew katie was expected to deliver the baby this week, so as a treat decided to take in the midnight showing of the dark night rises. katie and the baby inside her weren't hurt when the gun fire exploded but caleb was shot in the face. he lost his right eye, has brain damage and is in critical condition. his friend broke down speaking with cbs. >> we talked about him because we know he can hear us and we tell him he needs to get better because he needs to be a dad. >> doctors here at the hospital have caleb in a medically induced coma. his brother says caleb seems to understand what happened. what's unclear is whether or not he is aware he has a new baby boy. the miracle of friendship may have saved the life of allie young who was inside theater 9 with her best friend stephanie davies. >> there is smoke, explosions, glad, death, guns being fired.

>> i just remember opening my eyes and i am on the ground, blood everywhere. >> allie was struck in the neck, refusing to let her friend day, stephanie did something, something so selfless. she stayed with her friend and applied pressure on the hole in her neck. even president obama shared their story after visiting them in the hospital here in aurora. >> allie told stephanie she needed to run and stephanie retched to go and instead actually with her other hand called 911 on her cell phone. >> after the shooting finally stopped, stephanie carried her friend across two parking lots to an ambulance. >> she saved my life which that's always going to be a little emotional for me. >> it is no small miracle that petra anderson is alive. the 22-year-old was hit four times when the suspected shooter opened fire in the movie theater. three bullets hit her arm and

another sailed through the nose, up the back of her cranium hitting her skull. her pastor wrote on his blog her injuries were severe and her condition was critical. the doctors prior to surgery were concerned because so much of the train has been traversed by the bullet. >> doctors haven't shared exactly what happened. the young woman was probably saved by something she didn't even know she had, a small channel of fluid running through her skull that can only be picked up with a cat scan. that channel of fluid likely maneuvered the bullet in the least harmful direction. >> in a stroke of luck her pastor blogs, the shotgun buck shot enters her brain from the exact point of the channel, like a marble through a small tube. it channels the bullet from the nose through the brain. it turn the slightly several times in the process the bullet misses all the vital areas of the brain. according to her pastor, if the bullet entered just a millimeter in any direction her brain

likely would have been destroyed. petra has already started to speak and walk again and is expected to make a full recovery. randi kaye, cnn, aurora, colorado. in indiana police say a gunman who got into a shootout with them has been found dead. officers say they were met with immediate and overwhelming gun fire when they confronted 59-year-old jim bailey thursday night. they believe he was out to confront his estranged wife. when it all was over an innocent by-stander was dead and two police were injured. bailey escaped and police believe he later shot himself to death. securing the games, one country says they're on high alert to attacks afraid the athletes will be targets on the anniversary of another tragedy. . ♪ one a day men's 50+ is a complete multi-vitamin designed for men's health concerns as we age. ♪

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by one. >> that is from steven spielberg's movie munich about retribution for the olympic attack. now israel's leaders say they're on high alert for the olympic games and sara joins me from jerusalem. good morning. in 1992 at the barcelona games assad was in charge for the 20th anniversary. any types of special arrangements being made for the 38 israeli athletes in london this time around? >> reporter: there certainly are. they would not divulge exactly what they are. we do understand israel is among a handful of countries that is being given extra added security. it was able to speak with ephraim zinger traveling along with them and talked about the fact british security forces have been doing close collaboration security work with israeli intelligence, so that gives you some idea of the

collaboration happening to make sure that in particular israeli athletes are in a secure environment. he talked about the delegation and what it was like to be inside the olympic village, for example, saying that the delegation felt quite safe and secure with all of the apparatus up to secure the teams there. they talked about the electronic security that they could see, the personnel on the ground they could see and they know there are a lot of measures they cannot see and felt quite good inside, especially the olympic area there where all the athletes gather and wait for their particular events to happen. one of the reasons for all of this as you know is something that happened recently in bulgaria where you had an attack on an israeli tour bus that killed five israelis and injured dozens more. the israelis believe that that attack was really one that could potentially be a precursor to an attack on the olympics. they certainly stated that and

were concerned about that, but at this point in time in speaking with the delegation the delegation really feels things have been done properly in london at this point in time and that it is secure but it is also coming on the 40th anniversary of the munich massacre, that being another reason israel is getting added security and everyone remembers the iconic pictures as this palestinian terrorist organization known as black september where you could see them peering out of the windows. this went on for quite some time where they captured ten of the israeli delegation both coaches and athletes and in the end 11 of the israeli olympic team were killed and that of course no one ever wants to see happen again and the london olympics and certainly the committees tried to make sure there is proper security in place. >> thank you very much for that. what's it like behind the scenes of the biggest security headache in the world coming up

in the 10:00 eastern hour, the former head of security for the atlanta games. we'll ask him about the challenges then and now. be sure to stay with us for that. mitt romney got to see an olympics mens swimming event in london today. in just a few hours he heads to israel for meeting with the israeli and palestinian leaders. the candidate met yesterday with ireland's prime minister and british leaders and it is the headlines in british newspapers that he might want to forget about. they blasted romney after he appeared to question london's readiness for the games. guilty as charged. three words spoken by the chick-fil-a president that led some to protest the chain. it came when he was asked about his company's support of traditional marriage. it is not just his support for what he calls the biblical definition of family that has gotten under the collective skin. it is also his very public condemnation of same sex marriage. listen. >> i think we're inviting god's judgment on our nation when we

shake our fist at him and say we know better than you as to what constitutes a marriage. >> a church in north carolina last month kathy said, quote, if we look at society today we see all the twisted up stuff going on, washington trying to redefine the definition of marriage. he went on. we are suffering the consequences of a society and culture who has not acknowledged god or not thanked god. he has left to us a deprived mind. it is tragic and we live in a culture of that today. the fiery rhetoric sparked protests across the country not just from the lgbt community but several cities. official from boston, philadelphia, san francisco and chicago all told chick-fil-a in no uncertain terms the chain is not welcome in their city. joe moe reno is one of those if he officials and he says he will block them from opening a new

story. good morning to you. >> good morning, randy. >> to those who say he has a right to his opinion and the personal views shouldn't matter, let it go, what do you want to say to them? >> i agree. personal views and personal statements or beliefs, i am not in any business or i have no interest in controlling that. my interest is if those personal views translate into a discriminatory policy towards our friends in the gay community and that's my concern, and that's the issue, not a free speech or free belief issue. if those beliefs again in those statements transfer to a policy that discriminates, then i have a big problem with it in my community and they have a big problem with it. >> i know you have been working with chick-fil-a for several months regarding concerns you had about their policies and practices or lack thereof. what did they tell you exactly if anything they would change before coming to your ward? >> well, i respect the reporting

that you have had. for eight or nine months we have been working with chick-fil-a and i had concerned back then and working privately, not publicly. they made good steps and small steps in terms of clarifying the company's position and clarifying how they would move forward and operating their restaurant. we need to do more, and i think one big step that happened about a week ago is when they put a statement out on facebook about their position. if they would like to make that statement policy and put it in the employee handbook and have a mission statement that reflects they're not going to discriminate in hiring or serving, i think we have made a lot of big steps towards what we want to see in our ward which is openness and inclusion to all. >> as i mentioned other city officials have voiced opposition to the company. we have a couple we can show you comments. edwin lee tweeting this week, quote, close chick-fil-a to san francisco is 40 miles away and i

strongly recommend they not try to come any closer and this from james kenny, please take a height and take your intolerance with you. here is what's different about what they're saying versus what you're saying. they're just urging or recommending the company not to set up shop in their cities. you're actually saying that you will block the company's efforts to build another restaurant. first, what do you say to those who say what you're doing is unconstitutional and, second, how do you plan to block chick-fil-a's request? >> first, if i were trying to block because of free speech or beliefs, i would agree. what we're doing is we have responsibility, i have a responsibility to have responsible business owners open up in the ward, and i would say and i would submit and hopefully most would agree if not all that if you're discriminating against a certain population that's protected in our community in chicago and in illinois, that you're not a responsible business owner. so that is the issue, not a free speech or a belief issue, but a

discrimination issue. so i have a legislation that i need to support over this particular chick-fil-a, and i hope to support that and i hope they will support the community that's been quite frankly insulted by comments that the ceo made. that's okay to be insulted. what i don't want to have happen with the community is if those comments translate into a discriminatory policy. if they want my support on that legislation, i think they do. i think they'll work with us. we'll move forward together. >> all right. >> if not, and if -- no, i was going to say if not, we'll probably not have a chick-fil-a in the first ward. >> all right. we will see to be continued. thank you very much. i do want to share just quickly with our viewers at home chick-fil-a didn't respond to our request for comments and did issue a statement. let me share that with you, the chick-fil-a culture and service tradition in our restaurants is to treat every person with

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let's continue our conversation now about the chick-fil-a controversy. can a city official like we just spoke with before the break legally block a company from setting up shop just because of the president's personal views? joining me for answers, legal

analyst paul cowen. good morning. thanks for being here to talk about this. the big question is, i guess, is it legal? you heard the alderman is trying to block chick-fil-a from coming to his ward. >> you know, he was being very careful about what he said. i was impressed about how he was expressing what i think is an understanding of the law and that is that chick-fil-a's president can say whatever he wants about whatever subject he wants under the first amendment to the constitution, free speech. the government cannot regulate his free speech nor can they prevent his company from expressing political views. however, they can regulate whether the company discriminates against either employees or customers in certain settings. i think that's where you make the distinction. if there is proof they actually discriminate against gay people because of the president's belief, there would be a legal action against them available and maybe you could deny licensing to them. you really have to prove that it

is what they do that is wrong as opposed to what they say. >> and how about this, chicago's mayor rahm emanuel shares his sentiments and told the tribune this, krathy's crews are discriminatory against our neighbors and residents and those aren't our values. he says he is protecting civil rights and doesn't want chick-fil-a to discriminate against lgbt employees or customers in the ward that may be visiting the restaurant. does he have any legal ground there? >> i don't think that he does. i think this is one of these situations that in certain places this is great politics to denounce this company. it is a big company by the way, 4 billion in annual sales and thousands of restaurants across the united states. if you're catering to a particular group of people and i guess in chicago it is gay people and by the way the mayor of san francisco made similar statements, the mayor of boston made similar statements and

although mayor bloomburg came out on the opposite end and said the government can't regulate the views of businesses. they can regulate what a business does. i think it is good politics but bad business and if you tried to shut down a chick-fil-a based on what the president of the company said you would be looking at a lawsuit and probably the city of chicago would lose the lawsuit. >> it is such an interesting case and so many twists and turns. we'll see where it all goes. thank you very much. >> nice being with you as always, randy. >>. many people, many times people suffering from severe disabilities rely on others to help with every day traffic tasks. a group of students provided a new device to provide some independence for some in start small think big. >>. >> reporter: jim como has cerebral palsy and today he is doing something for the first time in his life, feeding

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million people and many have now fled and others are hiding inside terrified and they say regime troops have cut off food and fuel. i am joined by andrew taylor. some are calling the battle of mother the all battles. why is the fighting for that city ramping up now? >> the opposition has decided that a le eppo is one of the regime's vulnerabilities and certainly it is. it is the largest city in the country. it is one that as overwhelmingly sunni and remained relatively quiet thus far. for the regime to quoting a lot of sources to keeping it under control allows other areas of the country to become liberated and that's what we have seen in eastern syria and it is another step in the slow motion revolution as it moves towards damascus, the capital. >> let's talk about washington's

reaction. really, what has it been? seems as though with the u.n. able to do anything with russia and china vetoing sanctions and resolutions, what's left to be done? >> it is kind of a creeping policy in that our support for the opposition on the ground has increased. it is still non-lethal and mostly communications equipment and there is some sharing of intelligence, and the obama administration has been very constrained in its support for the opposition. instead we have keen qatar, saudi arabia and turkey step in to help the opposition and with logistics and weapon skbs so on and we have seen the growth over time not only of weapons into syria but radical element that is have been entering the country over the last few weeks. >> what about the danger of chemical weapons? we talked about this before. there is concern about potential use in syria and even talk about them being moved. should the international

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it is being driven as it has been from the ground and trying to spend more time at the u.n. to deal with it diplomatically has not worked. i think it is very likely that this conflict could get worse before the election and president obama will be in a tight spot. he will have to make a decision about who he backs and how he backs them. >> we appreciate your time. thank you so much. >> my pleasure. they're calling her a modern day jane austin, and her new book is blowing up the best seller list. i will ask her all about it live next. [ male announcer ] research suggests the health of our cells plays a key role throughout our entire lives. ♪ one a day men's 50+ is a complete multi-vitamin designed for men's health concerns as we age. ♪

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under her belt there is a lot of anticipation for emily giff in's next novel. the newest blook where we plong released this week, the gripping story about the reunion of a high school senior and the woman who put her up for adoption 18 years earlier and she is here in studio. >> thanks for having me. >> about 140 pages into the book. i have cried. it is a great read so far. can't wait to see where it will go. >> thank you. >> i am curious about the inspiration for it. >> sure. i think at the beginning i really wanted to talk about the impact that a big secret can have on someone's life. what does it do to our relationships and what does it do to us and in this story, of course, she kept the secret of the baby, marion, 36 and kept a secret of the baby they gave away for adoption for her entire adult life. i think adoption is very ip trying because there are so much richey moeshl terrain to explore. >> it is really you can almost feel the tension and the pain

going on with the two. >> and the father of the baby, telling the father that you had a baby. >> that's the part i just got to. that's very good. you went to law school and worked for a large firm in new york. >> i did. >> and you made the turn to writing. >> i did. i practiced law for five years. i don't really know why i went to law school. i think a lot of people do that. >> what else do you do after college. >> safer to just stay in school, but it eventually i got back to my true passion which is writing. >> as we mentioned vanity fair dubbed you a modern day jane austen and the movie turned into a movie and does that add pressure to sit down and write something new as well. >> you know, i think that the hollywood stuff, the films, five of my books have been optioned, and it is sort of the cherry on

top. i enjoy that. the bread and the butter and the thing i will always love and focus on is my writing. whatever happens out there is great. >> do you ever get writer's block? i am curious. i do when i am writing a story, not a novel. >> every day. i think writer's block is really just like the same phenomenon when you don't want to go to the gym. it is you don't feel like working. >> what's the trick? >> you have to get up and go to the gym most of the time. >> you just get past it. >> i think you just write your way through it. just realize that it is not going to be perfect. you have to keep writing. >> what about you, you have kids? >> i do. >> how do you find the time to do all of this? >> you know, i think you have to at this point approach writing like a full time career. it is my career. it is sort of like how does a doctor find time to practice medicine, but i think it is just everything is a question of balance and being a working mother is challenging. >> any news to report on any of

the other books in being the big screen? >> yes. i think the next one probably to go is love the one you're with which is really exciting because it will probably happen in atlanta. it is really nice and i think something blue, the sequel, will happen, too. >> would you want to be on set for that? >> oh, it is so much fun. in the cameo the director is like you are on the news all the time talking about your books. why do you stare into the camera? where is the camera? he just said you are not cracked up for this. don't become an actress. >> you see the red light. >> yeah. >> looking right in there. >> that's great. as i said, the book now that i am reading is really fantastic. i look forward to finishing it this weekend. emily giffen, thank you. >> thank you so much for having me. the on going drought has been called a disaster of epic proportions and could raise food prices for years to come and even meat and poultry. we'll explain.

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much this year. >> reporter: too much sun, too little rain for too long. the crops are the worst he has had in more than 40 years of farming. >> have you seen anything worse than this. >> i have never seen anything like this. i heard my father talk about it in 1948 or something like that. >> the corn is dry, slifl shrivelsed and hurting. >> this one is eight grains long. >> the damage stretches across the country. the u.s. department of agriculture estimates two-thirds of all crops are now affected by at least moderate drought. >> when did it start looking bad? >> we started about like i say by the third week of june. >> he has federal crop insurance but at best he will break even. he won't hire the six extra workers he usually gets at harvest. they won't not only ones paying the price. >> corn prices are fed all the way up to the supermarket. >> u.s. da economist says the

drought shouldn't causes historic levels of food inflation but shoppers will see a price increase this year. >> we expect poultry 3.5 to 4%, beef prices another 3.5 to 4% and pork prices looking at probably 2 to 3%. >> in 2013 higher prices are expected to add another 3 to $4 to a $100 grocery bill. that's two years impact from what tommy bulls is seeing today. >> should be beans in this area here. we don't see anything. nothing but dry dirt. >> bulls says if there is no rain in two weeks his beens will be worthless. with the next crop one year away. >> it is in your blood. you like what you do, and you can't wait to get up every morning and do it. it hurts right now. it hurts. >> if he had to guess, he would estimate an 80% crop loss this year, and in fact his only certainty is that if 6,300 acre that is he farms, these are the only 13 acres that are green.

he irrigates them for acorn maze in the fall and as of now they're the only guaranteed crop he will have. while food prices are expected to rise here in the u.s., they're not stopping jerusalem. in the travel insider the foreign affairs correspondent takes a break from reporting to check out the tasty side of jerusalem. >> the old city is famous for its history and culture, but i love to come to the market on jaffa street, where you find the tastes and smells of israel. outside the market you have the freshest fruits and vegetables, the produce in this country is really incredible. inside the market they have all of these breads and sweets and dried fruits and nuts and all of these great nibbling things. there is a whole alley of different restaurants where people can come and eat lunch. the thing i like the most about this market is you can find

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. good morning, everyone. i am randi kaye. it is 9:00 on the east coast. thank you for waking up with us. if you were waiting to watch london's opening ceremony today, here is the spoil era letter.

the ceremony was staged with style, imagination, emotion and humor. queen elizabeth officially opened it after an epic journey through the u.k.'s rich history. danny boyle was the creative mind and director behind the periodic ceremony isles of wonder. bradley wiggins kicked things off followed by a tour of the four nations and defining moments that celebrated historic traditions of british society. perhaps one of the more memorable moments was the prelude to the introduction. stunt doubles portrayed the queen parachuting into the olympic stadium with her escort to the opening, james bond actor daniel craig. it was quite a scene. let's led to olympic park where amanda davies is joining us live. good morning. i understand china is taking the lead in gold. what do we know about the 23-year-old woman winning her ten-year air rifle competition? >> well, we know that just well pretty much less than 11 hours

after paul mccartney had finished his rendition of "hey, jude" we claimed the first gold medal winner. it was expected to be in the women's 10 meter air rifle because that is generally the way these things work, the olympics the first event and as you said it went to yiseiling, a 23-year-old who said she had been up since 5:00 this morning she was so excited about competing here in london and she did that and raphael nadolesque celebration of when he wins a trophy and she won her gold and tried to bite into the gold medal. it was almost as big as she was, the medals here are so big this couple of weeks. >> that's great. that's the way to celebrate for sure. so let's talk about michael phelps. he is getting a lot of attention. a lot of folks are excited about his race this evening. he won his heat this morning.

how did he look? >> well, 14 time olympic gold medalist michael phelps said he was viewing london as how many toppings he could put on the sundae in terms of how many extra medals he could win and it was almost as if he would have to do without the cherry on the top. he only just scraped through to the final of the 400 meters individual medley. he finished as the eighth qualifier out of eighth by.07 seconds and the look on his face is words can't describe, one of sheer and utter relief. he was basically in one of the slower heats, so there was nobody to push him on and he really only just scraped through. ryan lochte made it through with ease, but it was very interesting now because of the lane differences in the final that takes place in about five and a half hours time and means they won't be lining up next to each other which could have a

bearing on who takes the gold medal. >> talk about the queen. she made quite an kprans. i don't know who convinced her to take part in this skit. it was hilarious. she visited the olympic park today. she seems really involved and excited. >> yeah. the queen said she was delighted to have taken part in the opening ceremony yesterday and said she thought the opening ceremony was completely wonderful and yesterday danny boyle deserves a gold medal for getting her to seemingly jump out of a helicopter with james bond. she has been back here today and she has been visiting the orbit, the tallest structure in britain which you may be able to see behind me. she is opening to see some of the events. this is a really proud moment for her, particularly given everything this year with the jubilee and increasing

popularity of the royal family with wills and kate milgd ton and she seems genuinely delighted to have this in london. >> certainly nice to see. thank you so much for the update from london. it costs $42 million in case you were wondering to put together, that opening ceremony, but from the reaction online, not everyone was impressed. andy cohen tweeted look at the queen's glorious frown and conan o'brien said watching london's opening ceremonies and hard to believe my an ses orz were conquered by theirs and one person tweeted instead of james bond i wish they picked dr. who so he could take us all back in time. michael phelps is going for gold against ryan lochte. phelps won his swimming trial this morning by a hair. piers morgan talked to the 14-time gold medalist to ask him about being an american role model. >> london is my hometown.

everyone is very excited about you coming. what is extraordinary is every american athlete i interviewed, when i asked them to cite a role model 90% say you. that is weird god-like figure to them. with that comes responsibility. are you aware of the status you have amongst your peer group? what do you feel about that responsibility? >> i mean, sometimes i feel it, but i like to just think of myself as a normal person who just has a passion and has a goal and a dream and goes out and does it. that's really how i always lived my life. >> i have seen you say that before. come on, michael, you're not a normal person. >> i consider myself normal. i have spent 20 years in the pool. i consider that something that is normal. >> that's not normal. >> what do you consider normal? >> not spending 20 years in the pool. >> i don't consider -- >> i spend about 20 minutes in the pool.

>> that's not much. >> very funny guy. phelps hopes to be the first male swimmer to win the same individual event at three consecutive olympics when he competes in the 400 individual medley coming up tonight. children and plastic surgery may sound a bit controversial. there is a group of doctors doing it for free in an effort to help bullied kids.

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. welcome back. as you may know if you're a regular viewer of this show, i am very passionate about bullying. it clearly needs to stop. some people suffer from self esteem issues and emotional scars their entire life as a result. most of these victims are just children. they may look a little different, speak a little different and are relentlessly tormented because of it. some are getting help from a group of extraordinary surgeons. sanjay gupta has their story. >> it is a parent's nightmare. >> i used to be very talkative when i was a little kid, and now i am just shy and i would rather not talk to anyone. i am antisocial now. >> children viciously bullied for their physical appearance. for 14-year-old nada aisle, the bullying started in first grade. >> there was this garl that came

up to me and says you have the biggest ears i have ever seen. i am like, well, i was just speechless because i didn't think about it until she said that. >> she heard dumbo, elephant ears and much wore. seven years of torment and so withdrawn and still so hard to talk about. >> do you remember the worst taunting or teasing or whatever? do you remember a day where that happened? >> it happened a lot. well, it happened so many times that it kind of all blends together that i kind of don't remember. >> nada was just ten years old when she asked her mom if she could have surgery to pin her ears back, also known as noto plasty and wanted them to stick out less in an effort to stop the bullying. >> it has been a dark place for a long time it sounds like. >> it has been very depressing. >> her mom desperate to help turned to the internet and

stumbled across the baby face foundation. the non-profit organization offers free plastic surgery for children like nada who are bullied because of their physical appearance and can't afford an operation. >> there may be people that say you don't need to do this, it is the way you were born and people should love people for who they are. what do you say to those folks? >> i say they're right. it will never stop. it will just keep going and get worse and worse. >> the foundation flew nadia and her mother from georgia to new york city for an all expense paid trip to this hospital. >> it will match the other ear which is not as lateralized as this ear. >> in her application she asked to have her ears pinned back. dr. thomas romo with the baby face foundation recommended she change more than just her ears.

>> i love thin chins, but i don't want them as pointy as that chin. we talked about that, didn't we? we looked at pictures of different people. >> uh-huh. >> their chins come off a little more square, so that's exactly what we'll do, too. >> and there was more. >> when i looked up inside her, the whole septum is going off this way and as the septum goes so goes the nose. >> she never talked about the nose or chin before. >> she didn't recognize it. >> he says with her ears pinned back the nose and chin would be more pronounced and all three surgeries combined are necessary to balance out the features. 1. >> any last thoughts as we go into the o.r. here? >> nervous. excited. >> in some ways it has been seven years in the making for

nadia. they just went under but tells me she has been dreaming about this day for some time and now it is all happening for her. >> what dr. romo is doing is an otoplastie and reducing the size of the nose and what may surprise people is 42% are done on people under the age of 18. this four-hour operation would normally come with a price tag of about $40,000. for nadia it is free. here in the operating room when you see what's happening here behind me, it gives you a good idea how significant bullying can be. kids become depressed. they can become anxious and in her case she told me it changed her entire personality. surgery alone won't wipe away the pain from years of all of the bullies. her mom hopes counseling will be the final step in the healing process. 72 hours post op, nadia is still

swollen but cautiously optimistic as he removes the bandages and she sees her new self for the first time. >> i look beautiful. really, exactly what i wanted. i love it. >> sanjay gupta, cnn reporting. she does look great. if you would like to sound off on stories about bullying, you can tweet me or any time. use the hashtag bullying stops here and find me on twitter at randi kaye cnn. i would love to hear what you think and so many of the other bullying stories. a murder mystery still unsolved after a dozen years. police may be getting closer to cracking this cold case. we'll talk about the victim's sister next. with less chronic osteoarthritis pain. imagine living your life with less chronic low back pain. imagine you, with less pain. cymbalta can help. cymbalta is fda-approved to manage chronic musculoskeletal pain.

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mollie bish was a vibrant 16-year-old lifeguard and 12 years ago someone abducted her on duty in massachusetts. three years later they are body was found and to this day no one has been charged with her murder. investigators now believe they are close to finding the person responsible. this man is a person of interest. he is currently in jail in florida convicted of killing his girlfriend and he lived in massachusetts at the time mollie disappeared. there are new developments in the case. cnn is looking into those. today we'll tell you the story of molly and the ninth anniversary of finding her remains. joining me is her sister heather. heather, good morning to you. thank you for sharing your story with us. >> good morning. >> the area that molly was found was heavily wooded, certainly

not a place most people visited. do you think that the person that took your sister, who took molly had to be familiar with that area? >> absolutely. where molly was taken from at cummings pond was not a well known pond. it was down a dead end street. there were no signs advertising cummings pond. it is a pond where mostly people fished but some people came and brought their kids to swimming lessons, and it wasn't a well-advertised town beach. where molly was found was also a very wooded area, very thick under brush, steep hill, lots of bushes, lots of trees, not a trail in the area, not a well-traversed area and more hunting ground, so it gives us the picture the person that took molly may have been a fisherman, hunter, definitely knew the area. >> let's talk about what your mother saw that day all of those years ago.

she saw a suspicious man in a white car before your sister was taken. her sketch of the man is so similar to photos of the person of interest from 2000. what do you think? do you think there are similarities to the two pictures? >> absolutely. it is shocking how similar they look. the hairline, the facial features, the look of arrogance, i guess you would say. the mustache certainly, but definitely the tiny features. we really are in debt to jane boyle who came out and did this wonderful sketch for my mother and my family of this person and the remarkable tiny characteristics that resemble this person is remarkable. >> what do you think? do you think police are close or closer to finding your sister's killer? >> i do. i do. i feel that we are very, very close. i am hoping and praying and

hoping for that lucky break. i think we have always been very close in this investigation, the massachusetts state police have worked very diligently to find this person, and i feel like we are very, very close to getting this guy. >> what was molly like growing up? i am just curious and i can't imagine how much you have missed her over the years. >> i miss her terrible. molly, we are a very close family. my brother, my sister and i and my parents. we often say that everybody had a molly. she is your sister, your daughter, your best friend, the girl who passes you a note in class. molly was silly and loved to do adam sandler impressions and she was loving and a good friend and she was an athlete. she played three sports, and she had given up her winter prior to her disappearance to be trained as a lifeguard. >> what would you like police to do next in this investigation? >> i would like to see them go

down to florida and certainly obtain some search warrants and look through that trailer and the safety deposit box down there and i would also like them to interview as many people as possible while they're there, and i know the state police have searched under every rock and they followed every avenue that they could to find this person. i am truly grateful for the commitment. >> heather, thank you so much for your time. we wish you the best of luck in i understand tooing out what happened to your sister. >> thank you. cnn has we mentioned is looking into this case and we will continue to do that as well. be right back. ♪

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university of colorado citing patient doctor confidentiality they want the contents handed over to them and kept out of the public record. several victims of the colorado theater shooting will be put to rest this weekend. thursday friends and family gathered for funeral services for 23-year-old micayla medek. she was one of 12 killed last week. >> i see so much sadness around and so much grieving and it is evident that we are all hurting. because her physical presence is no longer with us. she filled our hearts with nothing but love and although we cannot see her, she resides within each of us. >> a maryland man is in custody off he allegedly called himself the joker and apparently threatened to go on a shooting rampage at his former officer. 25 guns and thousands of rounds of ammunition were found in his apartment. you will remember that colorado shooting suspect james holmes also called himself the joker.

maryland police say they're not taking any chances. >> when he said that he had made reference to the joker, we took this very, very seriously and moved quickly to have him evaluated mentally. that's the way we took it, that he was making reference to colorado. >> and now to idaho where this shocking billboard is causing a stir under a photo of james holmes it reads kills 12 in a movie theater with assault rifle. everyone freaks out. under a photo of president obama it says kills thousands with his foreign policy, wins nobel peace prize. the ralph smooed foundation owns the ad and wants to bring attention to troops dying overseas and a local group says it is offensive with no factual basis. the jackson family drama is heating up. a missing may track and a mutiny among the sons. it is so juicy. i will be back with more

headlines at the top of the hour. first, your bottom line starts right now. >> the fiscal cliff threatens the economy, your wallet, and even your job. unless washington wakes up, you are just 156 days from going over it. i am christine romans. unless congress acts, your taxes will go up on january 1st. the white house says 114 million families will see taxes rise by an average of $1600 in and massive cuts and they failed to agree on a deficit reduction plan and triggered automatic spending cuts known as sequestration. they happen on january 2nd. it is $1 trillion in cuts over nine years split evenly between defense and non-defense programs. the bipartisan policy center estimates sequestration of defense will mean cuts of 15% next year. every non-defense agency faces a 12% cut and that means job

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